5577.044
Weight restrictions for vehicles fueled by natural gas.

(A)
Notwithstanding sections
5577.02 and
5577.04 of the Revised Code, a
vehicle fueled solely by compressed natural gas or
liquid natural gas may exceed by not more than two thousand pounds the
gross vehicle weight provisions of sections
5577.01 to
5577.09 of the Revised Code or
the axle load limits of those sections.

(B)
If a vehicle described in division (A) of this
section exceeds the weight provisions of sections
5577.01 to
5577.09 of the Revised Code by
more than the allowance provided for in division (A) of this section, both of
the following apply:

(1)
The
applicable penalty prescribed in section
5577.99 of the Revised
Code;

(2)
The
civil liability imposed by section
5577.12 of the Revised
Code.

(C)
Division (A) of this section does not apply to the
operation of a vehicle on either of the following: